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After a day of speculation, the Patriots made it official yesterday, placing Rodney Harrison on injured reserve and ending the season for the veteran safety.
Harrison was injured on the final play of the third quarter of Monday’s 41-7 win over the Broncos when he was chasing down Denver quarterback Jay Cutler, and tripped and fell. Reports indicated it was either a thigh or quad injury — The Associated Press reported it was a torn thigh muscle, with a possible rehab time of eight to 10 months.
It marks the second injury to a New England captain this season — quarterback Tom Brady went down with a season-ending knee injury in the season opener against the Chiefs. So you’ll excuse the Patriots if they don’t, in the words of cornerback Ellis Hobbs, hold a “pity party.”
“You never want to lose anyone, but at the same time, you move forward,” said veteran running back Kevin Faulk. “You still have games to play. You can’t lay down.”
“When tragedy falls upon you, we just keep on moving and just realizing that one person doesn’t make this machine,” Hobbs said. “Whoever’s filling that spot, we’re not asking to go out there and make miracles. Just do your job.”
Moving forward, expect more of the defensive burden to be placed on the shoulders of safeties James Sanders and Brandon Meriweather, especially Meriweather, a second-year defensive back out of Miami who has been used mostly in nickel situations over the course of his career. The Patriots also signed defensive back Antwain Spann to the active roster from the practice squad and added safety Mark Dillard to the practice squad.
But coach Bill Belichick said yesterday Harrison’s responsibilities would be distributed through the defense.
“I think we’ll have to count on a lot of people to do some of the things that Rodney did,” Belichick said. “Rodney had a lot of different roles for us defensively, so I’m sure there won’t be any one person that will do what he did. We’ll have to combine and use a number of people.”
One person who appears not to be in the mix — at least for now — is John Lynch. Belichick says the veteran, who made a brief appearance in training camp but was released, doesn’t appear to be in New England’s plans for now.
“Our roster is full,” Belichick said when asked about Lynch. “Anybody would be an option that is not with another team. But that would mean we would have to make room on our roster to accommodate someone else. So potentially everyone is an option, but we would have to do something.”
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